Tuck gauge



July 28, 1925. 1,547,965

E. SEYBERT TUCK GAUGE Filed Sept. 6- 1924 Patented July 28, 1925.

ELLA SEYIBERT, onsEwIc-KLEY; rn'nnsynvanm.

Application filed September 6, 1924. Serial No. 736,332.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that ELLA SEYBERT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Sewickley, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, has invented new and useful Improvements in Tuck Gauges, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore tuckers have been used in con nection with sewing machines for 'marking the tucks but these devices are more or less complicated, cumbersome and do not necessarily gauge and guide the tuck as it is being stitched on the machine. Therefore, it is a purpose of the present invention to provide, in a tuck gauge, a construction which is attachable to a sewing machine in front of the needle so as to gauge and guide the tuck as it is being stitched.

Another purpose is to provide a tuck gauge including a blade with graduations in inches, halves, quarters and eighths of inches with a slide upon the blade capable of adjustment for gauging and guiding tucks of different width.

It is to be understood that the particulars herein given are in no way limitative and that, while still keeping Within the scope of the invention, any desired modifications of detail and desired proportions may be made in the apparatus according to the circumstances.

The invention comprises further features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a portion of a sewing machine, showing the tuck gauge applied in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the tuck gauge detached.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the tuck gauge on line 33 of Fig ure 2. V 7

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the blade which may be constructed of any suitable sheet metal, such as sheet aluminum, steel or relatively heavy sheettin. This blade may be any length and width and is provided with graduations 2 in inches, halves, quarters and eighths for measuring the width of the tack.

TUCK cation.

Adjacent one end of the blade, it is provided with an opening 3 for the reception of a screw 4 having a flat head 5 with its marginal edge rounded so that the material will pass readily thereover as it is guided past the needle. The screw constitutes means for fastening the blade to the sewing machine, as in Figure 1.

A slide 6 is provided and which has a passage or groove 7 for the reception of the blade. The under portion of the slide has a notch 8. The slide has an upstanding flange 9 which may be grasped by the operator for moving the slide along the blade,

there being a set-screw 10 passing through the slide for the purpose of bearing against the upper surface of the blade for holding the slide or gauge in different adjusted positions.

In use, the blade is fastened as in Figure 1 to the side of the needle and after pressing the tuck in the material, the material is placed in position and the gauge or slide set according to the width of the tuck and the set-screw tightened to hold the slide or gauge in position, the slide or gauge acting to guide and gauge the tuck in its passage under the needle.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed is:

As an article of manufacture, a tuck gauge including a blade with means for fastening the same on thetop of a sewing machine, whereby the blade may extend laterally from the side of the needle in a direction parallel with the length of the sewing machine top, a slide gauge of right angular cross section comprising a base and an upstanding flange, the latter rising from and extending along one of the longitudinal edges ofthe base, the base of the slide gauge having a channel, the upstanding flange having an elongated opening near its lower portion of a size corresponding to and registering with the channel and in both of which the blade extends, enabling the slide gauge to be adjusted, and means for holding the slide gauge on the blade, the upstanding flange having a free unobstructed face against which the fold of the tuck engages, said flange extending'down on both sides of the blade to a point below the upper surface of the blade and thereby engaging with the upper surface of the sewing machine top, thereby preventing the material of the tuck from riding under the base of the slide gauge and also causing the fold of the tuck to ride against the free unobstructed face of the flange, the base extending from the lower edge of the flange on the side remote from the unobstructed face and entirely in a direction laterally away from the flange and said face, Whereby the tuck may travel freely across the blade.

In testimony whereof she affixes her signature.

ELLA SEYBERT. 

